IC 613
IC 613
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
452 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
101k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 452 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 613 as it looked roughly 452 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
IC 615Barred spiral710,000 ly
apartIC 612Lenticular910,000 ly
apartNGC 3217Spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 3253Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 620Barred spiral28 million ly
apartIC 596Barred spiral34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 612Lenticular910,000 ly
apartNGC 3217Spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 3253Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 620Barred spiral28 million ly
apartIC 596Barred spiral34 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).